OILERS EDGE WINGS WITH GOAL AT )0:36

AP

Published: May 10, 1987

DETROIT, May 9,—
Marty McSorley's goal with 36 seconds to play tonight gave the Edmonton Oilers a 2-1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings in Game 3 of their semifinal series.

The victory gave the Oilers a 2-1 lead in the four-of-seven-game Campbell Conference finals. Game 4 is scheduled for Monday night in Joe Louis Arena and Game 5 back at Northlands Coliseum on Wednesday night.

McSorley, who scored only two goals in the regular season, grabbed a loose puck in the slot and beat the Detroit goaltender, Greg Stefan, with a wrist shot.

McSorley picked up the puck after Detroit's Shawn Burr fanned on a clearing pass in his own zone.

Edmonton's Grant Fuhr preserved the tie when he stopped Petr Klima alone in front with less than eight minutes left.

Craig MacTavish put Edmonton ahead, 1-0, with his first playoff goal at 5 minutes 41 seconds of the first period on a play set up by the Oiler defenseman, Reijo Ruotsalainen.

Ruotsalainen, taking a clearing pass from Fuhr, stickhandled around Detroits' Rick Zombo to the left point, then fed a pass to MacTavish, all alone in the slot. MacTavish snapped a 10-footer past Stefan.

Detroit's Bob Probert tied the score at 1-1 with his third playoff goal at 17:24 of the second period.

After the Oilers' Wayne Gretzky hit the side of the net in the Detroit zone, the Red Wings came back 3-on-2.

Steve Yzerman fanned on his shot, but the puck trickled to Probert, who was standing near the left post. Probert wheeled around and banked a shot off the skate of the Edmonton forward, Esa Tikkanen, and past Fuhr for his third goal of the playoffs.

Up to that point, the Oilers had put on a defensive clinic. The Red Wings, despite carrying much of the play, didn't get their first second-period shot on goal until the 15:42 mark - on their third power play of the period.

The Oilers, who won the Stanley Cup in 1984 and 1985, have won all five of their playoff road games this year. Their only losses have come in the series openers with Los Angeles and Detroit.

Detroit beat the Oilers, 3-1, in Game 1 in Edmonton. The Oilers beat Detroit, 4-1, in Game 2 at the Northlands Coliseum.